Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,763, Lot Drake, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Drake, Lot.
8. 29. 763
CONTENTS

21.350 Massachusetts
Lot Drake
Worthington in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Prigg — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hathaway in the Mass. line for 14 Mos: 6 ds.
Ind
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 67 Dollars 32 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept. 1833 and due to W m Ward Worthington
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $168.30 Pension allowance ending 4 Mo: 3 d 33.66 $201.96
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book E.
Vol. 2. Page 18

Lot Brakes 10931.
Declaration
E Hawks E Innes Adam Brakes - affidavits

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss
On this 11 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Samuel Hurdley Judge of probate for the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Lot Drake a resident of the Town of Worthington in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served as hereinafter stated viz
about the first day of March 1777. I was drafted at Easton for one month into the Company of Capt James Briggs and marched to Trenton & Princeton and served out my term in the Regiment of Col. Hathaway - 1. Month
about the first of January 1778. I enlisted at Easton for three months into the Company of Capt Matthew Randall and marched to Warwick in Rhode Island and served out my term mostly at that place in the Regiment of Col. Richardson. 3 Months
about the first of August 1778. I was drafted at Easton for three months to go to Rhode Island and marched in the Company commanded (as I believe) by Capt Ichabod Leonard of Tiverton. I joined Col. Carpenter's Regiment & General Lord's Brigade on Rhode Island and served six weeks. I was in a skirmish with the British below Butts Fort. 1 1/2 Months
about the first day of January 1779. I again enlisted for three months at Easton and marched in the Company of Capt Randall to Warwick in Rhode Island where

where we joined the Regiment of Col Richardson and served out my time principally in Garrison Service 3 Months
Sometimes in the spring of 1779. I was drafted for six weeks into the Com- pany of Capt Hodges and marched to Howlands Ferry & Linton in Rhode Island and served out my time in the Regiment of Col. Hathaway - 1 1/2 Months
About the first of June 1780 I again enlisted at Easton for three Months into the Company of Capt Matthew Randall and marched to Rhode Island and joined Col Abiel Mitchell's Regiment on the east side of Bulls Hill where I served out my time. We were principally engaged in digging a trench round Bulls Fort and guard duty 3 Months
In the month of June 1781 I was drafted at Easton for six weeks into a Company commanded by Lt Sish Pratt to go to South Kingston and marched through Providence to that place we joined Col. Brimsfield's Regiment at Providence and acted under his orders our service there was guard duty 1 1/2 Months
I was born at Easton in the County of Bristol in the year 1761 as I believe but I have no record of it. Nor have I any recollection of having a written discharge for either period of my service. I lived in Easton in the County of Bristol during the Revolutionary War but for the last thirty two years have lived in Chesterfield & Worthington
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State whatever.
Lot Chase
Given to Subscribed the day Year aforesaid
Samuel Brimsfield, Indorse of 5 robats

We the undersigned a clergyman residing in Christfield Dan Daniels of Worthington certify that we are well acquainted with Lot Drake who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy One years of age. That he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Isaac Dodd Dan Daniels
Given to Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
And the said Court does declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that Isaac Dodd who signed the foregoing Certificate is a clergyman residing in Christfield and that Dan Daniels Esq who signed the judge is a Magistrate and resides in Worthington and their statement is entitled to credit
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Lot Drake for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832
Sam F. Lyman Register

10931 Lot. Snake
Plats 14 Mr 6 day
1401 May 15 1833
0.398
66.66 66 132.66
134.64 33.66 168.30
Spec. Wards Esq. Worthington Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Lot Drake of Washington in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1 m. d. In 1777 1 Private Gen. Briggs Col Hethaway   2 m. d. 1778 3 " Col Brant Col Richards   1 m. d. 1778 1 12 15 " Col Brant Col Carpenter   2 m. d. 1779 3 " Col Brant Col Richards   1 m. d. 1779 1 12 15 " Col Brant Col Hethaway   1 m. d. 1780 3 " Col Brant Col Richards   1 m. d. 1781 3 12 15 " Col Brant Col Brant  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? One - 6  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Eaton Ohio  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Coats Examining Clerk.

29768 INVALID. Rury
File No. 29768
Lot Dunde Div Rev Me
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elijah Shum
Affidavit. Set Brake

I Elijah Turner of Saco in the County of Oxfordshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy one years depose & say that about the first of March 1777 I was drafted at Easton in the County of Bristol into the Company of Capt James Briggs for one month and served that time at Swanton or Scituate in Rhode Island in the Regiment of Col. Hathaway.
The deponent further says that he enlisted at Easton about the first of January 1778 into the Company of Capt Matthew Randall for three months and served that time at Warwick (mostly) in Rhode Island in the Regiment commanded by Col. Richardson.
The deponent further says that he is acquainted with Lt Drake now of Worthington in the County of Hampshire. That said Drake served with me in the same Company both the periods of service stated above.
Elijah Turner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss August 17 1832
Elijah Turner came before me and subscribed the foregoing affidavit & made oath that it is the truth and I certify that the deponent is a credible witness.
William Ward Justice of the Peace

I Elyah Farnum of Saco in the County of York and born in the wealth of Massachusetts aged seventy one years depose to say that about the first of March 1777 I was drafted at Easton in the County of Bristol into the Company of Capt James Briggs for one month and served that time at Tiverton or Scituate in Rhode Island in the Regiment of Col. Hethaway.
The deponent further says that he enlisted at Easton about the first of January 1778 into the Company of Capt Matthew Randall for three months and served that time at Warwick (mostly) in Rhode Island in the Regiment commanded by Col. Richardson.
The deponent further says that he is acquainted with Lot Drake now of Worthington in the County of Hampshire. That said Drake served with me in the same Company both the periods of service stated above.
Elyah Farnum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Pro- bate in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Ward Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said Coun- ty, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annex- ed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Worthington MS June 14 5
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James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Revolutionary claim
Washington City

Worthington Mass. June. 4 1833
Col. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I enclose the papers of Col Drake relating to his pension connected as I believe according to the requirements of the War Department that are
Respectfully Yours
William Ward

E. Knapp Affidavit - Set Brakes

I Ebenezer Hanks of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify & say that in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight I was in the service of the Revolutionary war & I know Lot Drake now of Worthington in this County as a soldier in the Revolution said Drake served with me three months in the Company of Capt Matthew Randall in the Regiment of Col Hathaway at Warwick in Rhode Island, the said Drake then lived in Easton in the County of Bristol & state of Massachusetts, I also knew the said Drake to serve six weeks in the service of the United States at a place called Freeport & Warren in the state of Rhode Island in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine in the Company under Capt Hodges or Hoggs in the Regiment of Col Hathaway I further the deponent saith not
August 1 st 1882
Ebenezer Hanks
I went to Augt 1
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss. 1.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Mark Doolittle Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of September
A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.
attest Mark Doolittle Just. Peace

I Ebenezer Hanks of Belknapton in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachu- -setts of lawful age testify & say that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight I was in the service of the Revolutionary war & I know Lot Drake now of Worthington in this County as a soldier in the Revolution said Drake served with me three months in the Company of Capt Matthew Randall in the Regiment of Col Hathaway at Warwick in Rhode Island, the said Drake then lived in Easton in the County of Bristol & state of Massachusetts, I also knew the said Drake for some six weeks in the service of the United States at a place called Lewistown & Warren in the state of Rhode Island in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty nine in the Company under Capt Hodges or Hoggs in the Regiment of Col Hathaway I further the deponent saith not
August 1 st 1882
Ebenezer Hanks
I went to Capt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } on this first day of Hampshire County ss } August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighty two the aforesaid Deponent was examined & cautioned & sworn to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Lot Drake and also used at the War Office of the United States in the case of application for pensions of the said Lot Drake under the act of Congress of the United States passed June 7 th 1832
Mark Doolittle Just. of the Peace I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Ebenezer Hanks the aforesaid Deponent & that he is a man of credibility, attest Mark Doolittle Just. Peace

I Deam Drake of lawful age do testify & say that Lt Drake formerly of Easton in the County of Bristol Mass who is now a resident in the Town of Worthington, Mass. was drafted the first of August 1778 at Easton aforesaid, to go to Rhode Island & was in the Company under Capt. Deborah Leonard of Taunton, & joined Col. Carpenter's Regiment & General Howe's Brigade on Rhode Island & served therein, & that he was in a skirmish with the British below Nutts Fort
That the first of Jan'y 1779 the S d Lt Drake was drafted for three months at Easton in the Company under the Command of Capt Matthew Randall to go to Rhode Island & marched to Warren & joined Col. Richardson's Regiment there, where he served out his time, — — — — —
That about the first of June 1780 the S d Lt Drake enlisted at Easton for three months into the Company under the Command of Capt. Matthew Randall & again marched to Rhode Island & joined Col. Abiel Mitchell's Regiment, on the East Side of Nutts Hill, & there served out his time principally in digging & trenching round Nutts Fort & Guard Duty.
The Deponent further testifies & saith that he was in the same Company with the S d Lt Drake, each of the three Campaigns above stated,
Deam his X Drake mark
Bristol ss on the tenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty two the of course Deponent was Examined Questioned & Suborn agreeable to law to the above Deposition by him subscribed, taken at the request of the S d Lt Drake,
Deponent's Ver - 40 Justice Ver 1-40
Calvin Pratt Justice of Peace
Easton in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 29 - 1833 I the Subscribers who took the above Deposition do hereby certify that the above Deponent Deam Drake is a man of truth & integrity and entitled to full credit as a witness
Calvin Pratt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. I James Spratt, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Calvin Pratt Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
James Spratt
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